San Francisco police have announced the arrest of two suspects for an alleged assault and robbery in the city’s Mission District.
Shortly before 3 AM on Wednesday, October 5, Mission Station officers responded to the area of 26th and Folsom Streets to investigate a reported robbery. Officers learned that the victim, a 48-year-old man, had been brutally assaulted and robbed by two men.
The men had first confronted the victim as he attempted to enter a business, police said, then allegedly chased him down and attacked him a short time later when he left. The victim was evaluated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries and ultimately released.
The suspects were soon identified as 50-year-old Jaimie Poole and 32-year-old Matthew Venegas, both of San Francisco. The two were located and arrested exactly one week after the crime — on Wednesday, October 12 — in the same area the crime took place.
Both remain in custody on multiple charges each at the San Francisco County jail.
